There are two people with disabilities in Big Brother UK this year. Mikey and Darnell are not being presented by the production team purely as “The Disabled Housemates”, with their disability as the only facet of stereotyped caricatures. They don’t… Read More ›
Day: 2008-07-04
Kate Harding is such a bitch
And proud of it. With good reason. It’s a while since I talked about how the principles of moderating comments work on this blog. We don’t have as high a volume of comments to deal with as Shapely Prose does,… Read More ›
OK, I’m off (shortly)
I will be getting up very early in the morning to head off for holidays in accommodation with no net access. I Will Not Be Turning The Computer On Before I Go. There is net access at internet cafs and… Read More ›
Thomas Beatie gives birth to healthy baby daughter
Thomas Beatie, the pregnant man who had everyone chattering about his challenge to their notions of gender fixedness, has given birth to a healthy daughter. Thomas, a transman, decided to become pregnant by artificial insemination. His wife Nancy was unable… Read More ›
Waterboarding Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens actually had himself waterboarded by the US Military to see whether it felt like torture to him. It did. via Pharyngula, who has links to video.
oops
Briefly, there was a post here that I meant to forward schedule to be published next week. Apologies to all on feed-readers who may have seen it and come to comment. It will return in due course.
Friday Hoyden: Emma Thompson redux
Image Source: Reuters Caption: Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik (L) and British actor and human rights activist Emma Thompson leave a container exhibit in Vienna February 11, 2008. ‘The Journey Against Sex Trafficking’ uses seven transport containers to illustrate the… Read More ›
